Table of contents

  • Preliminary material
    • Title and verso pages
    • Contents
  • Body section
    • Introduction
    • How many hospitals are there?
    • How many beds are there?
      • Hospital performance: accreditation
    • How diverse are public hospitals?
    • How many people are employed in Australia's hospitals?
    • How much do hospitals spend?
    • How are our hospital services funded?
    • What services do Australia's hospitals provide?
      • Emergency department services
        • Hospital performance: emergency department waiting times
      • Outpatient care
      • Admitted patient care: overview
        • Hospital performance: rates of service—hospital procedures
        • Hospital performance: readmissions following surgery
        • Hospital performance: falls resulting in patient harm in hospitals
        • Hospital performance: intentional self-harm in hospitals
        • Hospital performance: relative stay index
        • Hospital performance: average length of stay for selected types of separations
        • Hospital performance: cost per casemix-adjusted separation
      • Admitted patient care: same-day acute care
      • Admitted patient care: overnight acute care
      • Admitted patient care: elective surgery
        • Hospital performance: waiting times for elective surgery
      • Admitted patient care: sub-acute and non-acute care
  • End matter
    • Additional information
    • References